Francesca (Mrs. Eliot Books) has a home in the U.K. that she calls a magical house. I can see why she does!   images via poppytalk

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Entryway, originally uploaded by back_garage. A tidy, streamlined entryway.

A friend works for Trek where they have the cutest little cafe!  Sipping a mocha there while reading a good book would be quite the escape from the office. 

  I'm certainly a fan of IKEA, but am now even more so after reading this blog entry: Her thoughts on the store include: Ikea is brightly lit, clean, spare, and functional. Everything I wish my brain could be.  Ikea gives me a vision of how organized I could actually be. How tasteful. How concise. …

Stylish French stylist Elodie Rambaud creates beautiful interiors and styles food as well. I'll be keeping an eye on her work.  My friend Gina and I talk about creating bedrooms that look like cute shops..and I'd vote for the one above as a contender.  It's a shop but I wouldn't mind that being one wall…

my jaw dropped. I love anything miniature..and can be be heard cooing baby noises at the small furniture and saying "isn't this the cutest thing ever?" But these items have me in heaven! Looks like a little IKEA expedit bookcase that I've had my eye on forever. (I should just buy one already.)

  Such a pretty condo!   Scott and Kim live in a trendy Chicago neighborhood and have turned their condo from a khaki-painted box into a cozy home for the two of them along with a puppy, two cats and some fish! I love the advice they gave Apartment Therapy during their house tour: 1)…

  It's a quiet, gray, snowy/rainy morning.   A moving slowly, waking up gradually kind of a day. Perhaps some color will help. And some coffee with hazelnut creamer!

Alright. So it's still spring and is a chilly, grey day here, but all the more better to dream of summer. Oprah's site shows a summer makeover with brights and the photos (by Douglas Friedman) are dreamy – especially the fabrics. Just got back from the doctor's office again (that makes one ER visit, two…

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Bokeh with a cherry on top!, originally uploaded by hayleylonghurst. craving cupcakes now. what a stunning photo. will be posting soon some organizing makeover goodness.